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Plot

Detectives Benson and Lake get the help of an FBI agent named Lauren Cooper as they search for a Serial Killer called the Woodsman, who brutally attacks young women. However, there are signs that the agent may not be able to handle the mental and emotional weight of the case. The killer is eventually found to be in the morgue, having been murdered. Benson and Cooper, track down the killer's last victim who is still alive, but the killer did too much damage to her body and she eventually dies. It's eventually revealed that Cooper killed the Woodsman after tracking him down and charge her, but the case is dropped due to lack of evidence. Lake and Benson realize that Cooper used the gun Cooper's mentor used to kill himself to kill the Woodsman and are able to match the shell casing from the bullet Cooper fired into the Woodsman with the one he used to kill himself to prove she murdered him. They confront Cooper who confesses, but rather than take a deal that will send her to prison with a lenient sentence, she kills herself.